How do I Add, Edit, and Delete Teams?

Update Since 1/16/2026

Before proceeding to adding teams, you must ensure that all Sports, Levels, Sites, and Bill-To data are finalized within your group. Teams are strictly divided into two categories: Scholastic and Non-Scholastic. Scholastic teams are reserved exclusively for schools or universities, particularly those utilizing Arbiter Game for scheduling. All other entities must be categorized as Non-Scholastic. 

Sections

How do I Add a Non-Scholastic Team?
How do I Add a Scholastic Team?
How do I Edit a Team?
How do I Delete a team?
What are the Utilities and Reports?

How do I Add a Non-Scholastic Team?

1. Click Resources.

2. Click Teams.

3. Click the green plus sign (+).

3. When asked "Is this a school team?" select No.

Note: This prompt will not appear if your sports and levels are already standardized. To correctly add a non-scholastic team (recreational, select club, or private), you must create a dedicated sport and level separate from your standardized settings. Under "Generic Level Settings," the level must be set to "Youth" or "Other." Only by following this specific configuration will the system allow you to enter non-scholastic team data under the Teams tab. Click here and see Step 5 for more details.

4. Enter the Team Name and the Sport/Level. 

Fill in optional information:

Site/Sub-site: When creating a game, the games' site field will default to the home team's default site chosen here.

Bill-To: When creating a game, the games' Bill-To field will default to the home team's default Bill-To chosen here.

Strength: Strength is the competitive strength of a team (1 being the strongest and 9 the weakest). When creating a game, the system averages both team strengths to determine a Priority value for assigning.

Travel Limit: Set the maximum distance that a team will allow an official to travel for a game (one-way). The maximum value that can be entered for travel limits is 999.

Assign Officials: Check this box to give team contacts the ability to assign officials for home games.

5. Click Save and Close OR Save and New.

How do I Add a Scholastic Team?

1. Click Resources.

2. Click Teams.

3. Click the green plus sign (+).

4. When asked "Is this a school team?" Select Yes.

Note: If you need to add scholastic teams, but are not prompted with "Is this a school team?" setup scholastic levels under the Resources tab, under the Sports/Levels sub-tab, and under your generic level settings. How do I Create, Edit, and Delete Levels? 

If you do not see the scholastic team you are looking for, make sure the sport and level settings match with the school settings. The generic level settings will need to match as well.

5. Select the State where the school is located if in a different state than your association's state. Select the School. 

Note: If your school is not listed, you must email [e-mail], to have the institution added to the Arbiter database. Your email must include a clear subject line stating the purpose of the request along with the following details:

• Official School Name
• Complete Street Address
• City, State, and Postal Code

6. Select the School Teams.

7. Click on a team name to expand details:

Site/Sub-site: When creating a game, the games' site field will default to the home team's default site chosen here.

Bill-To: A new Bill-To will be automatically created in that school's name unless a different selection is made. When creating a game, the games' Bill-To field will default to the home team's default Bill-To chosen here.

Strength: Strength is the competitive strength of a team (1 being the strongest and 9 the weakest), and when creating a game, the system averages both team strengths to determine a Priority value for assigning.

Travel Limit: Set the maximum distance that a team will allow an official to travel for a game (one-way). The maximum value that can be entered for travel limits is 999.

Allow team contacts to assign: Check this box to give team contacts the ability to assign officials for home games.

Click Add Squad if the school has multiple teams of that sport/level.

8. Click Save and Close OR Save and New.

How do I Edit a Team?

1. Click Resources.

2. Click Teams.

3. Click the Edit Pencil icon.

4. Edit team details. 

5. Click Save.

How do I Delete a team?

1. Click Resources.

2. Click Teams.

3. Click the red "X" next to your team.

In order to delete a team, it must be removed from all games in your group, including flag-deleted games. To view the games that it is connected to, click on the blue number to the right of any team.

If the team has been removed from every game but still will not delete, please check your archived games and permanently delete any games with the team in question. For more information on how to do this, please view this article: Archive Games

What are the Utilities and Reports?

Filter: You can filter the teams to narrow which are in view. This can be especially useful when mass deleting teams.

Update Games: Cascade changes that were made to the teams in the filter. This can be helpful when default sites and Bill-Tos have been updated.

Mass Delete: Mass delete all teams in the filter.

Change Level (only visible to the Primary Admin): Mass change teams to a different level based on the filter. All teams connected to Football Varsity, for example, could be mass changed to another football level, like Football JV for instance.

Display: Set how many rows of teams you want visible per page (1-200).

Teams CSV File: Download a CSV file of the teams in the filter.

 

Related to

• Assigner